The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1884. SCHOOL COMMITTE ELECTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1593, 26 January 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1884. SCHOOL COMMITTE ELECTION.

throughout the Wtiirtirapa aro to be plectra ;fbr the current year. ! Thefte,' 'ljodies,. though they / exercise torn powers,- yet able ilo e?OTfi a salutary influence on the wel- j fa# of the johoola wjth'which they ftre connected, and indirectly as the eleotive ( body whiob returns members- to the ! Education Board an important trust J

is confided to them. 'An exaraple of the direct work'and'-'the'' immediate good a local Committee.may can be gathered by of the Masterton/.- Committee , pub-? listed in our issue of yjjfadagU The: Committee by a close attention:jto . the; duties devolving upon it, by bailing itself of the : privileges which such bodies enjoy,'and makmg an intelligent use of its .vationii opportunities :for promoting the welfare of pupils and teachers has practically placed the Masterton school at the head of all thescho6ls in the Wellington Provincial. District, The continued progress of : this school and the advancement of $0 other*Eohools in ; the Wairarapa depend in a gieat ineasuro on the way in wbicli the local committees are manned. Tho method of election is a mixture of barbarism and absurdity, and it is a pity that_ the Legislative Council last ja&sion:postponed a much needed re-'form-in this matter.- Fortunately, the common sense of householders, in Yery many instances, nullifies the objection' able block vote and less mischief is done by it tban might be. expected! The bcßt system of election would be one by which not more than half thd number of. a coramitteo;retired annually so that with an infusion of new blood there might be retained an element of experience which gives stability and continuity to the work of the local: •body. Yery many people are satisfied to let' school elections take their chance so long .as .their own particular! •schools; are iubbirig "alofig smoothly,|j but wo would remind such settlers that the time id approaching " when changes 1 : are likely t6 be made in the administra-i tion of the educational vote, and they may possibly be called upon to undertake responsibilities from which they are now comparatiiiely free. The past four years have been years of plenty for the; schools of New;ZeaJand,': but tHe cOmitjg ones &ay'bring changes,' and parents who are now indifferent to the responsibility which the State imposes upon them may have reason to,regret the apathy they now manifest^-

The Rev,.Mr Siramonds condncts the services ia the Wesleyan Church at Masterton to-morrow. ;

The Rev, Father. .Tracey will.hold a service at Greytown at 9 a, m,, ,at Feaiherston; at ll:alm'.v andat'MastMlou at 7 p.m., to-morrow,

The comet with its misty caudal appendage was .generally observed ; in Masterton last evening., Mr ; Walter E. Hall, dental surgeon, 1 whose skilful painless operations have, made him one of the most successful and - well-known dentists in Wellington has removed from his former abode ia' Cambridge Terrace to liigestra-sireet, a few doors from Cuba-stroet, where he con tinues the manufacture uf his prizo medal artificial toeth.

k very largo party of children are enjoying tho Ohurch of England pionio to-day in tho grounds kindly lent for tho purpose by Mrs Yatei', ot tho Upper Plain, ... , :

Till a late hour last evening the case of Chamberlain v Brown Hunt occupied the attention of the District Court.' Mr Samuel E, Chamberlain and a number of other witnesses were called to prove that there had been no deviation of. the river where the willows weri planted^-Jhen the other side called Mr :.T.:Drummoid,' surveyor, to prove that a dry river caurso oxisted behind where the said willows waved, which.- was the proper: bound*ry: between the'two sections This morning the defendant, Mr Brown Hunt,' went into the witness box to show that Mr Knowles, of the survey office, four years ago came up to correct tha. boundaries of his sebtioni He travorfled the running water. v There was no Water theu at the spot whore 'the Willowe were planted. , The streara was'tiot hotir in tho same position as it was when Mr Knowles came up, but it was still in the same course st tho point where the ■ willowi were. The deviation was the source- of the constant disputes which arose between Mr Chamberlain and himself.'

The Progr&s'Militaire, formerly the organ of Gakobetta's military viewa, liatj, mide a neat little calculation (says a lionio paper of Nov, as to' the number of French troops available for action.in Toriquiß. The figures are drawn from those used by tho Governmaiit in. the Chamber. .When all the reinforcements have arrived Admiral Corbout will havo under.- bis command about 8500 men. But of thoao only 0600 will be Europeans—that .is, French nnd tho Foreign Legion' And out of tlieso 6600 no leas than' 15D0 will bo blue jackets, who can hardly be kept away from their ships fox ever.,.. The marines, of whom there §ro abdiit'B2so, are perhaps the bent troops whioh the French have for colonial purposes; And, taking the whole number of European fighting men at 6600, we have then to remember that several places have to be captured and-as (veil ns-.those now held —garrisoned. This-will take a large slice out of the 6600, and ,we "have'further to deduct the eiok, of whom there must be many. . §

. Themotils of novelties, in agriculwal seeds' should alwayaba weiLauthenlioat.ed before placing reliance upoii them.' A tew months since, laudatory notices went thej round of the papers' of what was described as a new and excellent variety of prairie "gross— widely known- in districts. in : Victoria in which.it -flourishes luxuriantly as "'Jaok Hollis Grass." A constituent instructed Messrs Nimmo and Bla'r to •procjiroa quantity of the seed,, and the following in reply to the inquiry was received from a well known Melbourne firm" In continuation of my reply to your favor of the 12th instant, I be? to inform you that the so-called new prairie grass, otherwise Jack: Hollis grasß ia neither more nor less than : the old spear grass. It seems indigenous liere, and is an infernal pest,, although I Relieve in Bome'parts of the colony (whero nothing else, will grow, I prosume) it is grown for hay and cut when it comes into ear." We add tho Government botanist of Viotoria—Dr Mueller—reports similarly of this latest novelty. - -

: By a late invention ladies are to be made taller, The woman who hos to. undergo this process is encased in a very tight corset, and her feet are placed in shoes weighed with 501b of lead eaoh. She ie then placed in a maofiine cofißiiting of a ring, which enejrolei her waist and suspended from the cellibg-aV anoh a, height to prevent her feetlroin totichirig the ground. The prossore;p! 'the coWflt forces the* upper, put of.'tlie body opV wards; and' the.', 1 weight ;',<jf' t!)e'/'shpei her from the'waist downward;: It is'to which the spine''niay; be.stretched by, the process thtu described is 2itj, and that' the knee and hip joints can be stretched aa .inoh and a naif more. Thus three inches and a hslf can added to .the. height of any woman who has (lie courage' to undergo the : trftdble" and pain necessarilytonnected with procesii, lasting, with brief lotewalii doring fire; or Bii months, , ■

The past week;, will not .be' rwdilyj l effaced from tho memory on account of' tho 1 very,stormy.; weather .whioh.wasi ; expertoddr Raiii 'fellion four viz", aiiitfcn'j] ; oil, the 2lß)t"ihe Madi ng ! /wa s .275 Kfihd ori>tho 22nd,. 1.250 inohj and 0n.23M,;105> parts 'of an inch, Total for thei Week 8.480 inches Barometer • mean reading" i 5.29195 inches, and for the thermometer it is 58.5Fah. The wind was from a south or west direction, and bin, at.times, been very strong. 1 "It lias committed' a : ' great [deal of damage ; amongst r the : fruit and grain crops, and, m the buah ; many trees havo succumbod, to its,force., A .study of thtae enables V''r'Orsffn' , to'underatand how hoes and 1 '•fflimps' are formed;! through''tHe 1 wind destroying a forest. ;.

We have received from the: Sacrotary of the Featherston Baoing Club ilia'followiDß communication—'f Now that tlie ,di'ffiouliy MrrMaiaraViind the Featherston Racing Club rig tlie protest in the. Consolation Race has. been'amicably settled by the Club giving £2.10s each to Ijiie Masterjoii and Qreytown Hospitals', : arid' paying* the costs inourred by-Mr' Maoara, I should like in fairoeßs to Mr Mapira to' explaitl Jhatid my reply to "Fair Play," I was undor the impression tbat.tbeletter so ligped' wasnot.iwrltlty ,by that" geitlkiftn, otHemiso a paragraph blamiog such people at .!f:F»ir (Play", for causing Jdistarbapoeß at a: race, meeting would'have not: appeared. i Tbio portion of-'the letter <ras intended for q(ls another;' party,'; cdmplalutio uiakd Vgalnst Mr Macara'i

Mr John Drummond has .been gazetted granger of Crown landa for, tho land district'of Weliington,' ! '" •' ''

... .We hear, that, Messrs;. 'Vifickerson &! Wagland have purchased : the businesi 1 oarried on by Mr J. EUeyj ibutoher, ' -2b| Masterton, and that they ..formally take it! iover oniMonday next. , I

'MeflSrs IjOWes and iorni .'aiiiiounce' a iale,at, their yards for to-day, 1 The;.lißt will inclu'de a very, useful country'turnout in the shape of'a horßei sprinp;xarfc and harneai, a. quantity;of..poultry...and sundries. |:i ; tV : pfio-j-Kl

;S,WistjoVshow;tli"at Ritualism, is gain l itifs ground in Engidtid..

: Tho,lar?est oyster shell in the world, it itssaid, is. used; in" tho churah :of St. Surplice, in, Paris, as a; fount for holding holy water. • The shell weighs over 5001b and,was presented to Francis Jby the Venetian Republic.' :

The retail Cale of liquor" on credit" is made punishable; by of the license, according. to a recent P&ian -Ministerial- decree. The summer season is now .well advanced, and noiwi hsiandin'f; tiie extraordinary. amount uf Tain that has . interfered isadly with outdoor exereiae*as well as with farming operations, the usual happy change from winter, furs ulsters to handsome dreeees. and elegant dolmans has taken place m the costume of the ladies, who.ato fortunate in .being. aMe ; to obtain a wonderfully varied 'selection without travelling from Masterton, where the stock of drapery, millinery and .clothing of all kinds ii extensive and; choice st Owen; Schroder & Oo.'s Hall of Commerce, Queen. Street.—(Ad.vt.J ~ ; ■liiuaau-Ftok,—Malariar^eW3/ ! cdni fltipation, torpidity of the liver and kidneys, general debility, nervousness and ne'uralgio ailments yield readily to this great disease conqueror, Hop Bitters. - It -repairs the ravages of disease by'converting the food into rich: blood, and it gives new life and vigor to the,aged and infirm. Bee. • ! '' : Indioebxion.—The main cause of iiervonsness is indigestion, 1 and'that is-ai'iiaed by weakness of the stomach'. No one cdn'have 'sound perves and good : health without using 3?op Bitters to strengthen the'stomach, purify the blood, and keep the liver and kidneys active, to ouryjoff il tha poisonous and wasto matter of the syatcm. See,., .

,:i Netkr liEtyßK.r-Itia.Baid that kp put of oVery (our "real invalids who go to foreign countries to rocovcr health neyar return, oxcopt as a corpse.' Tho undertakers, noxt hotel keepers, have 'tho mijt' ; : profit»MP •bbihess, This excessive mortality may be preyontaJ and patients- saved and ,'ourod. under the caro of frieade aud loted ones at hiimo, i£; they \viU but ueo fiop. Bitters in tltoc. Reud. "■* - . •: > jAfter oxparlencd iiudjpljin'g wktcEes for the' colouial market, Littlsjdha «|d ,'S6n, .of, .Quay,- Wellißgton, hftVf observed the liesd'-fo'r e ihorougltly |6.qiid English Lsvor Watoh at-a lover pries than that usually paid for each watches.. It is only b) the judioioW division of labor qnd by (lie manufacture of large Quantities on a uniform plan, that m [ are- enablti} to meet this want. We have now tho pleasure of intMJuqihg our 'Bix Guinea Hunting Silror. Lewr. This watch, Iwinglsimple in design, durable,' highly finished, and aacarate/ fulfils all th'p-requirements of a pocket timekeeper.; A jwritteii- guarantoe for Wo'yeara will he. gived. with oaeh watch. Sent by. poa>,, Bpcurely' packed-j on. receipt, pf/fyit -Office order or cheque. +-(Advt) .... ' ( Mtowy h * Ptll/,-WeaknM ini ,pehi' 'l'tfcrrpiileW the ;hlbod : cl»' keptin • a pure state,.'the strongest constitution will fail and...disease -; Buperveno.-, .Tijijie;; -truly wonderful PiOis ! poasflsa tJio. power ■ of' xio'n •' tajKiiifc and contmmtions : of, thfbiood, ' Thfey juietly 'butMrtaihly ovjr-:. corneal)' ilj health, and institute- regular' aolioni>ih organs that: are faylty from derangement' or: Tho'dyspeptic, 'weak : and nervous may : roly bu these Pills" as their bestfriends' and cflmforters.. They MprtvetKe' throtighlyiuvigolrate the dig< geriiV£jippiratus, : ■Holloway'a Pills" have lonjg been known to be thii surest pr«veriiirts' of' liviwr-eompwiils,'; '.draadful "iopsleiir Ground the fdoble ana infirm.'' ■' : ■;

/ SAfiwt' BAtErߣs ladies Bumme'r ryisiteß, 'fori 2s 5 6J } : i2s 6d oashmere jackets, for 2s. lid. 18s 6d lace oapbs. !for jg j6d; 'Te.Aro Houhj ChM-Uwt,-! for lasd print Bjtirta' for'3d; each -.pihafdrea fcr Bd>eaoh'i -21 ftls'j#»t costume) for. 2s 6d each.i-12 black Jujtre, qoEtuiaci reduced from; 18,5, 64 to |Bt§a_yc|-}| aii 'W'jtfo' Horn, Cilia' streel f ' SAiviSit Sale—ss ladies! print .costumes for 2s'6tt) lis Sis: sateen costumes for 12s 6d; ;375.6a costumes,for 13s 6d; 47s'Gd blaok grenadine oofltumea for.,. 12s ; '6d; ,45s cashmere costumes, in '-evening 'hades,-; for 12s 16d; at Tt Aro :'J3om, - Cuba-streeti-Wellingloth-Am, ■ Salvaok SAtpffEvery lady should Bee : Mr sleek of capes, jfckets, fichus, and.costumeß, as the prices quality, and we "are determinedto . clear , them out during this.sa.le, at; 2% Aro 'ffouse r CvbMlrui,Wejlingion,~kNT,.; '' "'IT' Saluok Siiiß—Our - French sa'teens . ! Bre being giyen ayay, ;thus.-tS'ose'.' at la 3d'for ■ ,9Jd per yard}.th6sft'St;ifl'6d. fof jls i ; and a I B'plendid lot of; diagonal ■ in bluej cream, 4id,|will be sijld for Sijd.peryard; atj« Aro: Bom, . : . ; Baivaob 3d; ! ;rußliiliats,-4J j ■feather.. {' girlii trimmed hats, la.fld'j ladfes 1 trimmed hats, ,1s lldj and^allj'fltir^.Hii??^ Horn, (^UittreetiM lKw?toit.— Apyxi- ...^